Improvement in car-axles



N. JONES. Gar-Axle.

No. 197.375. Patented Nov. 20,1877.

mmntm' N. FEYERS, FNOYGLITIWGRAPMER, WASHINGTON. D C.

p.. I. 1 III A ITINITEDISTATES PATENT OFFICE.

= NATHANIEL JONES, or SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAR-AXLES.

Specification forming p artof Letters Patent No. 197,375, dated November 20, 1877; application filed I v November 9, 1877.

full, clear, and exact description thereof, which 9 will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to' the accompanying draw- .ings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, whichyform. apart of this specification. z

The nature of my invention consists in the "QCOIlSlZIllOblOIl and arrangement of a "divided axle, with wheels movable independent .of

each other, "and capable of extension and contraction, adaptedjfor railroad and street-railroad cars, and other purposes, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. i

The annexed drawing, to [which reference is made, fully illustrates my invention, andin said drawing, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are side views of the two parts thereof.

A and B representthe two car-wheels. of

one pair or set, connected by a divide axle in the following manner: The wheel A is, on its outerside, formed or provided with the usual projecting journal'O, to be placed and held in the car-axlejournal-box, while from the. inner. side of said wheel extends the axle D, of such length as to reach to, or nearly to, the other wheel B. y This axle 'D is made hollow or otherwise bored out from its outer end inward for a suitable distance, as shown.

The wheel B is, "on the outer side,provided with a journal," 0, similar to the journal: 0 of the wheel A, and from the inner side of. said wheel B projects an axle,.D, of suchdimen- I sions as to fitin the bored-out or hollow portion of the axle D. From the inner side of the wheel B also extends a" sleeve or elongated collar, H, concentric with the axle D, and of such diameter as to fit over the end of the axle D.

It will readily be seen that, though connected together by the divided axle D D, the wheels A and B can and do turn independent of each other, thus reducing the friction in going around curves. And, furthermore, the wheels may be easily changed from narrow gage to broad gage, and vice versa, the parts being, of course, made of such dimensions that suitable bearings will in either case be formed between the two parts D D of the axle, and the sleeve H in both cases surrounds the end of the part D of the axle.

Inthe construction of this axle it will be noticed that each wheel A and B is formed withthe respective parts belonging toit in such a manner that it is virtually in one piece, and no bolts, screws, or other extraneous fastenings are-used. r

I am aware that sleevesand axles have been used, the same being fastened, by collars, grooves, bolts, &c.; but in my intention no grooves, collars, bolts, or screws are used, one

, part being slipped loosely within'the other.

' Having thus fully described-my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The combination of the whcelA, provided with the journal 0 and bored-out or hollow axle D, and the wheel B, provided with the journal 0, axle D, and sleeve or collar H, all

substantially as described, and for the purposes setforth. 1

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses. g

NATHANIEL JONES.

Witnesses WM. B. UPPERMAN,

G. H. WATSON. 

